December 29th in US History
On December 29th in 1778 British troops start using a new strategy to defeat the colonials in America and recaptured Savannah Georgia from the Patriots.
On December 29th in 1782 the 1st nautical almanac in US was published by Samuel Stearns in Boston.
On December 29th in 1808 Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States who succeeded Lincoln (1865-1869), was born in a 2-room shack in Raleigh, N.C.
On December 29th in 1812 The USS Constitution won a battle with the British ship HMS Java about 30 miles off the coast of Brazil. Before Commodore William Bainbridge ordered the sinking of the Java he had her wheel removed to replace the one the Constitution had lost during the battle.
On December 29th in 1845 Texas (then comprised of the present day State of Texas and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming) was admitted as the 28th state, with the provision that the area (389,166 square miles) should be divided into no more than five states "of convenient size." Sam Houston insisted on maintaining control of offshore waters as a condition of joining the union.
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